Hat frame and body



(No Model.)

J. KENDALL. HAT FRAME AND BODY.

No. 327,273. Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIcE.

JOHN L. KENDALL, OF BROOKLYN, N EIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, ANDRICHARD H. TRESTED, OF GREENVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

HAT FRAME AND BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,273, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application filed September 525, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. KENDALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Ladies Hat Frames or Bodies, ofwhich the following is a specification.

In the manufacture of hats for ladies wear the frames or bodies on whichthe trimmings are built are made of buckram pressed into shape, whichmaterial is comparatively expensive. It is the object of my invention toreduce the cost of producing ladies hat frames or bodies, and to providea cheap, durable, and efficient hat-frame which will be elastic andsufficiently stiff to permanently retain the shape or configuration intowhich it is formed, and on which the hat-trimmings can be convenientlyand rapidly built,as on a block.

The accompanying drawing represents a vertical section ofa hat madeaccording to my invention.

In carrying out my invention, I cut out a piece of paper, a, suitablefor the hat-tip, another piece, b, suitable for the crown, and a thirdpiece, a, suitable for the brim. The tip-piece a is then spread over thetop of a hat-block, and the crown-piece b is secured to the same bymeans of paste or other adhesive material, as shown in the drawing, theends of the crown-piece being made to overlap each other, so that theycan be pasted together after said crown-piece has been carried round thehat-block. The brim-piece c is then attached to the bottom end of thecrown-piece by paste or other suitable substance, and the hat thusformed is finally pressed into shape in the manner usually practiced byhatters. If the brim is to be curled as shown in the drawing, thisoperation is effected in the manner usually practiced; and in order toretain the brim in shape a wire or reed, d, is secured to its edge bymeans of a strip of paper, e, which is pasted over it, as shown in thedrawing.

If stout paper is used in forming the hat, as above described, a singlelayer may be sufficient; but I prefer to form the hat of two layers ofpaper, as shown in the drawing. 0

In this case the tip-piece a, crown-piece b, and brim-piece c are unitedon the hat-block in the manner above described; then the outer surfaceof the hat thus formed is coated with paste, and then I secure thereon asecondary tip-piece, a, a secondary crown-piece, b, and a secondarybrim-piece, c, and, finally, press the whole into shape. By these meansa hat of any desired strength can be formed, and

in using two layers the operation of uniting 6c throughout its entirebody, can be readily and 6 5 nicely pressed into the required shape.

I am aware that hats have been formed of paper-pulp; but the articleproduced in this manner is quite different from mine.

My hat is principally intended to take the place of the well-knownbuckram frames, of which a verylarge number are used; and since my hatcan be manufactured at a much lower cost than the buckram frames, myinvention is of great benefit to the public.

I am aware that a cloth hat of two thicknesses has been made in whichthe tip, crown, and visor are sewed together. I am also aware that papercaps have been made in which the crown is formed by cutting from Sonected with apaper band by clasps for renewing the band at pleasure.Such hats or caps, however, diifer materially from my invention. Myinvention provides for the manufacture of hat frames or bodies forladies wear at a greatly-reduced cost. The frame is pressed into form,and is elastic; and it has such stiff characteristics as to permanentlyretain the shape or configuration into which it is formed, so that thetrimmings can be built thereon as on a block, the whole constituting ahat of any 5 desired fashion or style.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pressed paper hat frame or body com- In testimony whereof I havehereunto set bining in its structure a, paper tip, a paper my hand andseal in the presence of two subcrown, and a paper brim, said partscemented scribing Witnesses.

together at their meeting edges, and the Whole JOHN L. KENDALL. [L s] 5constitutinga stiff structure on which the hat- Witnesses:

trimmings may be built, as on a block, sub- W. HAUFF,

stantially as described. I E. F. KASTENHUBER.

